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The New Jersey Devils have officially terminated Damien Brunner's contract.

The Devils and Brunner had the option of mutually parting ways after he cleared unconditional waivers. That freed up Brunner to sign with any NHL team, but he opted to ink a contract with HC Lugano in Switzerland. Brunner left about $1.7 million on the table by getting out of his contract early, which could have been avoided if he reported to AHL Albany after being assigned there. "He didn't report to Albany and when they don't report, you have the ability to do what we did, but there's nothing malicious in any way whatsoever and I have nothing negative to say about Damien," Devils GM Lou Lamoriello said. "Certainly, he did everything he could. It didn't work out, but it was his decision not to report, which is fine, and then we have rights that we can do and that's what we did." Fri, Dec 12, 2014 01:52:00 PM

What happens next is likely the termination of his contract. Devils GM Lou Lamoriello won't talk about the move until Brunner clears on Friday. Brunner cleared regular waivers over the weekend and he was assigned to Albany of the AHL. He apparently intends to play the remainder of this season in Switzerland. Thu, Dec 11, 2014 03:35:00 PM

$1.575,000 will still count towards the Devils' salary cap. New Jersey's general manager Lou Lamoriello said that they will look accommodate Brunner with a trade. The 28-year-old has two goals and seven points in 17 games this season. Sun, Dec 7, 2014 02:09:00 PM

What happens next is likely the termination of his contract. Devils GM Lou Lamoriello won't talk about the move until Brunner clears on Friday. Brunner cleared regular waivers over the weekend and he was assigned to Albany of the AHL. He apparently intends to play the remainder of this season in Switzerland.

$1.575,000 will still count towards the Devils' salary cap. New Jersey's general manager Lou Lamoriello said that they will look accommodate Brunner with a trade. The 28-year-old has two goals and seven points in 17 games this season.

Damien Brunner is still on the New Jersey roster after clearing waivers on Saturday.

Brunner and coach Peter DeBoer have not seen eye-to-eye and DeBoer looks like he is ready to cut Brunner loose. He is in the final year of his two-year deal and it wouldn't be a surprise if the Devils just released him. He has two goals and seven points in 17 games this season.

After showing some promise in one season with the Detroit Red Wings and flashes of brilliance with New Jersey, Brunner's fallen flat as of late. It wouldn't be shocking if Brunner ends up getting traded like other borderline AHL/NHL players.

In other words, the Devils are waiving Brunner to get more options, but haven't come to a decision yet. That's perfectly reasonable given that the Devils have quite a few injured forwards right now, so they might want to see how they're progressing before deciding Brunner's fate.

Brunner had a promising debut season with the Detroit Red Wings in 2013, but he hasn't lived up to the two-year, $5 million contract New Jersey inked him to. We would be surprised if anyone claims him.

Damien Brunner potted a goal for the Devils on Saturday night in their 3-1 loss to the Islanders.

Brunner is a skillful winger, but he comes and goes in putting his offensive abilities to use. The goal was just his second this season, and he has points in two straight, though he has just six points on the year. Adam Larsson and Michael Ryder chipped in with the helpers.

Damien Brunner, Jordin Tootoo and Peter Harrold will all be healthy scratches against Edmonton on Friday night.

Brunner's scratch is a bit surprising considering he had an assist Tuesday night against Winnipeg, however Tootoo and Harrold's seatings indicate that Coach DeBoer has noticed what the stat line tells you - they haven't contributed very much. That said, Brunner has just five points on the season himself.

Brunner hasn't logged more than 12:15 minutes in any of his last four contests. He had a promising rookie season with Detroit in 2013, but he hasn't been an impact player for any sustained period of time since then. He has just five points in 14 contests in 2014-15.

Damien Brunner scored a wildly lucky goal to tie the Devils up at two against Dallas, Friday night.

Patrik Elias started by grindind his way through three Stars at the offensive blue line midway through the third with the Devils down 2-1. After falling while being forced wide by Jordie Benn, Elias punched the puck into Kari Lehtonen's skates, who accidentally kicked it to his right where Brunner came rushing in for the slam dunk. Go find a replay. The goal was Brunner's first of the season, and credit him for being there. He finished with a game-high six shots on goal over 19:14 of ice time.

The New Jersey Devils will have Damien Brunner in the lineup for the first time in the 2014-15 season.

Martin Havlat tried to give it a go but couldn't do it for Saturday's game against the San Jose Sharks, one of his former teams. Brunner had 11 goals and 25 points in 60 games with the Devils last season.

Damien Brunner could see his first game action of the 2014-15 season Saturday.

Brunner has been a healthy scratch the first four games of the season but with the status of Martin Havlat, who was cut on the lip for multiple stitches on Thursday, up in the air, Brunner could draw in. Stay tuned.

Travis Zajac registered an assist in the Devils' 3-2 win over Vancouver on Tuesday.

He managed to return to the game, sporting a face shield, after he suffered a broken nose. Zajac is on a three-game point streak with him scoring three goals and three assists over that span. He's up to eight goals and 21 points in 25 games this season.

The New Jersey Devils acquired Marc Savard's contract and a 2nd round pick in 2018 for minor leaguers Paul Thompson and Graham Black.

Savard hasn't played in the NHL since 2010-11 because of lingering concussion issues. He hasn't officially retired for contractual reasons, but his playing days are over. The move allows the Panthers to ditch Savard's $4.1 million cap hit. The Devils now have two players that can be placed on long-term injured reserve (Savard and Ryane Clowe).

Taylor Hall scored a goal and an assist in Thursday's 5-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens.

Hall helped set up Adam Henrique's first period goal that tied the game at one, and he picked up a marker of his own with his team trailing 4-1 at the time. The 25-year-old has now put together three consecutive multi-point efforts. He has eight goals and 19 points in 18 games this season. He's the best fantasy option on the Devils' roster and he needs to be started in all formats right now.

Mike Cammalleri is red hot of late with six goals and five assists in his last six games.

That's a lot of production for the veteran forward who started the season off slow with three assists in 10 games but has nine goals and 14 points in his last eight games. He has been outstanding and the Devils are finally starting to score with some regularity with Travis Zajac and Taylor Hall also hitting the scoresheet.

Palmieri shot at a 13.5% clip last year for his first 30-goal season. Tonight's marker gives him four on the season and an 8.7% clip. If he can rise back up to his career's 11.6% clip, then he can at least top 20-goals.

He was medically cleared to return from a leg laceration Monday and is ready to get back into the lineup on Tuesday night. Bennett has missed the last three games and he has seven points in 20 appearances.

Parenteau opened the scoring at the 16:50 mark of the first period. He also added the game-winning goal in the first-round of the shootout. The veteran has surprisingly filled the net so far this season. He already has five goals and one assist in 12 games this season. Nick Lappin also scored for the Devils.

Damon Severson scored the only goal on Saturday night as the New Jersey Devils lost 4-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Severson had an assist from Taylor Hall and Travis Zajac—their third assist in both cases—but it was not enough to stem the loss. The Devils gained the advantage briefly with this score at the 14:39 minute mark of the first period, but Ben Bishop turned stingy for the remainder of the game and was perfect in the final two periods. This was Severson’s second goal of the season and his ninth point.

Steven Santini will stay in the minors through the weekend at the least.

Santini hasn't played with New Jersey yet this season, but he's spent most of the campaign thus far in the NHL. That being said, he was briefly sent to the AHL on Sunday so that he could get into a minor league game. When he was reassigned again on Wednesday, the question then became if this was another short-term AHL stint and the jury still seems to be out on that.

Cory Schneider allowed five goals on 49 shots in Thursday's 5-2 loss to the Canadiens.

Schneider faced a lot of rubber, but he wasn't very good tonight. The Canadiens never trailed in this one and they appeared to be in control for most of the game. Schneider will definitely want to have Max Pacioretty's soft third period goal back. The Devils goalie has just one win in his last five outings. His record falls to 9-7-4 in 2016-17, and he'll go into his next start with a 2.72 goals-against-average and a .911 save percentage.